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Class overview

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Name:
Tosa-class 

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Builders:
Kure Naval Arsenal
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Okinawa Naval Arsenal 
Mitsubishi Shipyard
Umenomori Shipyard 

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Operators: Imperial Japanese Navy

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Preceded by: Yamato-Class Guided Missile Battleship
Nagato-Class Nuclear power Guided Missile Battleship

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Succeeded by: Ueno-class Nuclear power Hybrid Aircraft Carrier 
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Cost: ¥250 billion & ¥40 billion R&D (estimated)

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Built: 2012–2120

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In commission: 2022-

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Planned:

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Completed:

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Cancelled:

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General characteristics as per final plan (A-260)

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Type: Nuclear power Guided Missile Battleship 
Displacement:
120,500 long tons standard
155,000 long tons full load 

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Length: 315 m
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Beam: 48 m
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Draught: 12 m

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Propulsion:
2 × Umenomori B2U nuclear reactors
500,000 shp 
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Speed:32.5 knots 
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Range: Unlimited 
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Endurance: 100-year service life 
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Complement: 1,500
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Electronic warfare & decoys
ATECS (advanced technology command system)
Sensors and processing systems
- 2 x OPS-68C (Fire-control system) for  Advanced Stage Gun System (ASGS) and Advanced Gun System (AGS)
- 2 x OPS-60S (Fire-control system) for Advanced Gun System (AGS) and 76/62 super rapid OTO Melara
- 2 x FCS2-20 (Fire-control system) for 76/62 super rapid OTO Melara and Missile
- 2 x FCS2-25 (Fire-control system) for Missile 
- 6 x STIR 1.2 EO Mk2 (Fire-control system) or Main Gun ( Advanced Stage Gun System (ASGS)) and Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM)
- 4 x FCS-3ER (Extreme-range air search radar)
- 1 x OPS-28P (Suffer search radar)
- 1 x MLSR (Surface Search and Navigation Radar)
- 2 x SPN-753 ARPA (Navigation radar)
- 4 x ETR (EO Targetting Gimble)

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Electronic warfare & decoys
- NOLQ-X (Electronic Warfare System)
- AN/SLQ-25 Nixie (Torpedo Countermeasures)
- AN/SLQ-39 (CHAFF, FLARE Buoys)

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Armament:
9 x 510 mm/55  Advanced Stage Gun System (ASGS) (3×3)
6 x 155 mm/62 Advanced Gun System (AGS)
16 x 76/62 super rapid OTO Melara 
6 x  MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS)  
4 x RIM-116 Sea Rolling Airframe Missile (SeaRAM) CIWS
2 x RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) CIWS
100 x 4 Cell Mk-57 Peripheral Vertical Launching System (PVLS)
2 x 64 Cell Mk-41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) 
3 x 80 Cell Mk-41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) 
8 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes (24 × Mk-46 or Type 73 torpedoes)
6 x  OTO Melara 40mm Stealth

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Aircraft carried
carried:
10-15 aircraft maximum:

SH-60J Seahawk 

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